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"LEADS" Award - Women Leaders in Health (PREMIO “LEADS - Donne Leader in Sanità”)
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LEADS promotes and implements the "LEADS" Award - Women Leaders in Health. The Programme aims to contribute to cultural transformation by assigning awards to associations, i.e. public and private bodies that have been engaged in promoting positive actions to support women's leade
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- Leads Association
- Power domain
- Social Power, Economic Power
- Methods / tools
- Awareness-raising, Networking
- Region (NUTS)
ITI4- Keywords
- Women in health, leadership in healthcare, networking
Context
The 'LEADS' Award — Women Leaders in Health, also known as the 'Alessandra Pederzoli' Prize, is run by the Leads Association in Italy for organisations working in the health and healthcare sector.
Objectives
It aims to contribute to cultural transformation by recognising positive action to support women's leadership and empowerment, in line with Goal 5 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Activities
The award is given to associations and public or private bodies that have promoted women's leadership, and separately to bodies that have ensured a high number of women in top-level ('apicali') roles, on a now-regular annual cycle.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k) — No budget stated; classified low as an award/recognition programme.
- Time to results
- Medium (1–3 years) — Described as a recently set-up but now regular annual award; classified medium.
- Staffing & skills
- Leads Association (promoter)
Conditions for success
- Recurring annual award cycle to sustain visibility
- Clear award criteria linked to SDG Goal 5
- Recognising both organisations promoting women's leadership and those achieving high numbers of women in top roles
Commonly funded by
Philanthropic / foundation funding
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
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